Yew Bowl

So...yew is a conifer. Does it leave a lot of sap on your lathe and tools? If so, how do you clean up? We have a lot of cypress around us and I have been planning on turning some but had heard that conifers were very messy to work with. Thanks!

@Karl Koch Nothing like conifer much harder(even though it is part of that family of trees) and you get a great finish straight off of the tool. No sap but dust mask is definitely advisable.
I turn wet Oak which has loads of tannin in it and turns metal black so before turning that I give the lathe bed/bars a coat of wax as well as things next to where I am turning this makes it easy to clean off afterwards.
I should imagine that if the conifer is dry there will be very little sap

@Derek Lane Thank you for the info and advice. Sounds like I need to try some yew on the lathe.

Very nice bowl indeed. I turned my first "real" bowl last night, with kind of the same shape. With regards to conifers, the first green wood I turned was last year's Christmas tree, definitely still wet, and full of sap. Cut like a hot knife through butter, but threw a sticky mess everywhere. I found that while turning it was more like make a pass, then wipe the tool, make a pass, wipe, pass, wipe, pass, wipe,,,you get the idea. The wall behind my lathe also has a nice sap painting on it as well. I used some fine grit sandpaper to remove the residual from my tools and lathe itself.